imir
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish imrid (“carry around”), from Old Irish imm·beir.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editimir (present analytic imríonn, future analytic imreoidh, verbal noun imirt, past participle imeartha)
- to play
- to cheat (at games) [+ ar (object) = at]
- to inflict
- imir díoltas ar ― to take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
Conjugation
editconjugation of imir (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
In the older literary language, the future and conditional were built on the stem imeor-, for example:
- future analytic: imeoraidh
- 1st person future: imeorad
- conditional analytic: d’imeoradh
- 1st person conditional: d’imeorainn
Synonyms
edit- (cheat): déan séitéireacht (ar)
Derived terms
edit- imreoir (“player”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
imir | n-imir | himir | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imm·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “imrim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 396
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN